PABLO, MONTANA 59855 ISSN: 0528-8592
VOLUME 10 NUMBER tö
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OCTOBER 1,1980
O Give Me a Home, Where the Buffalo Roam, Up on a Valley Creek Ranch
What would you do if you heard that someone was giving away buffalo-on-the-hoof, (mostly) for free? If you're a bison-less Indian tribe, it seems you get on the phone and reserve yourself a few dozen head.
Which is what the Flathead Tribal Council did several weeks ago when they expressed an interest in 25 head of North Dakota buffalo being thinned out of the
Russell Means to Visit Reservation
Two Eagle River School students and faculty staff have invited Russell Means, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, to speak at the school on Tuesday, October 7, at 2 p.m.
A pow-wow and feast will be enjoyed later in the day (at 7:30 p.m.) at the Dixon Agency gym.
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
With the idea of establishing a tribal buffalo herd before the year was out, Councilman Sonny Morigeau started things rolling by dispatching Tribal Planner Calvin Bourdon to research the project: Who will get the animals to Montana (& how)? What kind of state regulations need to be satisfied? When can we go pick up the herd? Where will we put them? How should they then be cared for? Why does the Tribe want to do this?
WHO
The newly formed buffalo committee -- Sonny Morigeau, Calvin Bourdon, Dennis Clairmont and Jim Claar - contacted a livestock
hauler from Niarada, Gary Goode, and found out that he has the capability to ship the herd. His mileage rates vary, depending on his location at the time of summons.
WHAT
The Montana State Sanitation Office requires certification of the herd's health status before it can cross state lines. (The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of Bismark, North Dakota, has assured that the animals from the state park are disease-free.)
WHEN
A holding pen is being readied for an October 2nd delivery date.
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QUARTERLY MEETING
The last quarterly Council meeting for 1980 is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 3rd. It will be held at the Salish Indian Seniors' Center in Arlee beginning at 9 a.m.
Inside this issue...........................
Council Highlights............................Page 2
Joint Meeting RE: New Constitution............Page 4
Letters to the Editor.............,..............page ß
"My Recollection Is. . .".......................page 10
Calendar....................................page 13
Council Minutes..............................page 14